Classroom Freebies. Easter Egg Showdown Fun. Easter egg activities aren't just for little ones!
You might not take older kids on an Easter egg hunt, but you can bring colorful plastic eggs into the classroom and jazz up any review activity using this Easter Egg Showdown freebie! Showdown is a cooperative learning activity in which students work first alone, and then with a team, to solve problems or answer questions on task cards. Easter Egg Showdown is a variation in which the task cards are tucked inside plastic Easter eggs. Students select an egg, open it, read the problem or task, and everyone on the team writes a response. In the final step, team members compare and discuss their answers. The entire Easter Egg Showdown freebie packet includes teacher directions, student directions, the Subject and Predicate activity shown, a division activity, and blank templates to create your own task cards.
Cutting Up :-) In the past year we have both introduced the Math Journal into our Guided Math program. This has been a great and innovative way for students to communicate their math knowledge. However, we both found the same thing; the students were only using a small part of the page, and we felt most of the journal was going to waste. So we decided we wanted to find a way to cut the journals in half! We made a few phone calls, and got a lot of laughs on the other end. Most of the big hardware stores told us no over the phone. Fame, Stardom, and a freebie unit! Hey friends!
What a great and BUSY week! I am currently glued to the TV, taking in all the weather updates on the news. School dismissed early due to severe weather and tornadoes. That's right...crazy winds, tennis ball sized hail, and some funky lightening. Kindergarten / great use of photo blocks...also can use for math...word families....anything!
Mother's Day. First, I want to say a HUGE thank you to everyone who bought from my TpT store during the big sale.
Back By Popular Demand: Roll A Word Game. Many of you asked me for the actual cards that you see in these cubes so I am giving them to you as a gift.
Common Core Assessments For Kindergarten. The Common Core Standards present learning goals for students across the United States.
They represent some of the highest standards found in the nation. Furthermore, they are benchmarked to international standards. The Common Core Standards provide clear goals for student learning, a veritable roadmap to success. The standards not only help teachers ensure that students attain the skills and knowledge necessary for educational success, but they also help parents and students set clear and realistic goals. The Common Core Standards do not dictate teaching methods or materials, therefore assessment is crucial to determining what skills and information a student needs. Our assessment documents are designed for assessing the common core standards in kindergarten.
Kindergarten Rhode. I could not possibly begin talking about Math in my classroom without mentioning two of the best Math Resources ever written!
Although my specialty is Math, I still think Elementary and Middle School Mathematics: Teaching Developmentally by John A. Van De Walle, Karen S. Karp, and Jennifer M. Bay-Williams is a must have resource. 3D Shapes. Thanks so much to each of you who commented on my last post about needing help with ideas for 3D shapes.
I am going to try to implement lots of them this week. I also found a poem and made it a little more kinder friendly. I'll probably add it to our Reading Binders and try to recite it the rest of the week. Click on the picture below to download a copy for yourself. WARNING--Do not read the following statement if we're teetering on the edge of friendship, because I promise this will automatically put me in frenemy status for unnecessary grossness!
Mrs. Shehan's Full Day Kindergarten - April. I'm a little "green" in my own life, so I enjoy this opportunity to spread this knowledge a bit with my students. Below are a few of my favorite read-alouds during this month. We begin our study with Dr. Jean's "Earth Day" song from her cd. I've made a teacher big book version to go along with it. I've also created the student version to use as an emergent reader. Play and Learn with Dana. Pocket Full of Kinders! Reading Games. FREE Reading Games!
Jenna Rayburn from SpeechRoomNews.blogspot.com, has a real talent for creating fun reading games and wanted to share them with our readers. Our students really enjoy them so check them out below. Thanks for sharing Jenna! Cars Puzzles (Basic Code Sentences) Students pick one Cars character (they love Cars!). Sharing Kindergarten. Mental Math Addition Strategies. I think that Mental Math is the greatest way of teaching math facts because it teaches automaticity which means that kids are performing equations quickly and efficiently.
Additionally, when you take the time to teach students a variety of mental math strategies, you are equipping them with the skills that they need to develop their own strategies and solve more complex math equations. When I first released the Mental Math Strategy Collection, I had a few people asking about which order the units should be taught in. To answer this question, I have created the You Tube video below. The video briefly explains each of the addition strategies that I’ve included in the collection, the order that I recommend teaching them in as well as some tips for managing your time when teaching. If you have purchased any or all of my mental math units, this video is definitely worth watching! The Cookie Sheet Challenge! It all started with a cookie sheet. I was observing a student in a kindergarten classroom during literacy center time and in one of the centers the teacher placed magnetic letters on a cookie sheet and the students made words with the letters.
Clever– I’ve seen cookie sheets on Pinterest before and really hadn’t paid much attention. After leaving the classroom I wondered how many activities can I come up with using a simple cookie sheet. So my weekend started with a trip to our Habitat for Humanity Restore- hum, no cookie sheets. No luck at Goodwill and no luck at the Salvation Army. The Go To Teacher: March Madness. March Madness has something to do with basketball, right??
It makes me think of the countdown till spring break and how quickly the days pass after it. I told someone today that being in my class was like heaven on earth. Counting. We have had a busy month learning all about numbers, shapes, and coins! Most of The Marchese Clowns can... We practice math all day....starting with the calendar! During our "Math Lesson" time we also have Math Stations...t. Community Helpers Literacy Centers. I don't know how else to start this but, Oh. Growing Kinders. Fish Math with Dr. Seuss. Fly on over to The Teachers' Cauldron to see how I was inspired by my daughter's snack to create my Fish Math pack.... Seusstastic Classroom Inspirations. Kindergarten Kindergarten: File Folder Games.
Over the next few weeks, I will be adding my file folder games for you to print and use in your classroom. They are great beginning of the year center activities. They are in full color, so they take a lot of ink.